1.5K views · 74 reactions | The History Channel brings you a series of specials on some of history's natural disasters, all month. Starts TONIGHT with 'How Life Began' at 20h15 on DStv 186. | HISTORY | Facebook

They were the Northmen who changed history. Starting as heathen Viking warriors who plundered and settled in Northern France and forged the new Duchy of Normandy, becoming the most ferocious conquerors that medieval Europe had ever seen, and giving England its most famous date: 1066. In this two part series, Dr Eleanor Janega sets off across Normandy to discover who this band of rugged warriors, settlers and rulers were. | History Hit